Public Transport

The three lines ensure a fast connection between the city centre and important peripheral housing estates. The first trains leave the terminals at 5:00 a.m., the last ones depart at 12:00 p.m. Map of metro you can see here.
 
A dense network of tram lines completes the transport particularly in wide centre, they are however slowlier. The daily traffic is roughly from 4:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. The night lines have a frequency of 40 minutes; Lazarská is the central change point where the trams wait for each other.
 
They run namely in the outskirts, take up the underground and bind remote stations of different underground lines.
 
Runs from Mala Strana to the hill of Petrin.
 
The Prague taxi drivers have no good reputation. The price for one kilometer inside of the city is limited to 12 Kc but although you can be charged an astronomical sum for a short ride. If you are not familiar with the city, you can hardly secure that the driver uses the shortest way. However, watch whether he does not change the rate on the taxametre, and always ask for a bill, indicating from where where you went.
 
The most important Prague stations where international trains depart are Praha - Hlavni nadrazi (underground C Hlavni nadrazi) and Praha Holesovice (underground C Nadrazi Holesovice). They are 3 tube stations one from the other, 20 to 30 minutes are enough for the move. There are other stations important for the domestic trains: Praha Masarykovo nadrazi (underground B Namesti Republiky or 15 minutes walk from Hlavni nadrazi) for trains to Chomutov, Usti nad Labem, Kolin; Praha Smichov (underground B Smichovske nadrazi) for the directions Pribram, Protivin, Beroun, Plzen; Praha Branik (trams from the underground B Karlovo namesti) for the directions Davle, Dobris; Praha Vysocany (underground B Ceskomoravska) for trains to Turnov and Lysa nad Labem.
 
Country buses are usually more expensive than trains but the bus network is still denser than the railways. The bus lines from Prague cover on the one hand small villages in middle Bohemia, on the other hand mountain holiday resorts and big cities all over the country. The most important coach station is Florenc (underground C Florenc), where most long-distance connections run. Other coaches depart from Holesovice (close to the railway station) to the north, from Palmovka (underground B Palmovka) to the north-east, from Zelivskeho (underground A Zelivskeho) to the south-east, from Roztyly (underground C Roztyly) to the south, from the coach station Na Knizeci (underground B Smichovske nadrazi) to the south and south-west.
 
On the international lines the coaches are much cheaper than the trains (even several times). They mostly depart from the coach station Florenc and its surroundings, eurolines uses the Zelivskeho station.
 

The airport Praha Ruzyne is situated on the north-western city outskirt, about half an hour by the bus 119 from the underground A Dejvicka.

FARES

Tickets Public transport tariff is valid on all Metro, tram and bus routes as well s funicular within the Prague Capital. There is a time and chnge change tariff execpt of the 15-minutes ticket which is a no-change one. The period of validity commences at the moment the ticket has been punched or stamped and expires after the elapse of appropriate time interval. The passenger is obliged to punch or stamp the single ticket or the the short-time season ticket properly immediately after entering the vehicle or the Metro area for the first time. The ticket is to be inserted in the stamping machine in the arrow direction (arrow upwards). A false punched or stamped ticket is invalid. When changing the routes, the ticket is not to be stamped again. The validity time also includes the interruption time for change. If the ticket validity expires during the ride, the passenger is obliged to punch or stamp another ticket.

Change tariff is valid for Metro, trams, buses and funicular 60 minutes from the moment the ticket has been punched or stamped. On working days from 20:00 to 05:00, on Saturdays and Sundays twenty-four hours, it is valid for 90 minutes from punching or stamping.

No-change tariff is valid for trams and buses 15 minutes without a possibility to change. In Metro it is valid for the distance of 4 stations from the station where the ticket is punched or stamped (the station being excluded) with a possibility to change between the lines A, B, C, but no longer than 3 minutes. Is is not valid on night routes and funicular.

The Tourist tickets are sold for one to five following days, the first day of validity is to be marked on the ticket.

The Long-time passes are sold at some underground stations and at the central public transport office in the street Na bojisti, Praha 2 (underground C I.P.Pavlova). To buy such a pass, you need a photo. The pass is not to be marked in the transportation means; it is valid for an unlimited number of rides in the given period (plus 1 day before and 3 days after) in the underground, trams, buses, funicular and on the railway between all Prague stations and some stops close to the city. However, you cannot use the EC and IC trains.

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